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Reply to "Elementary teacher doesn't know Dickens rote Great Expectations"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, [b]to "author" a piece of writing is only used in American English, not British Englis[/b]h - and its only meant to be used in reference to articles, journals, legislation - not novels and poems or other more formal, literature. So to say Dickens' "wrote" is very much more appropriate than to say he "authored" But if anyone has a link to his blog, I'd love to see it.[/quote] An American writing about a British author does assume conventions of British English. How ridiculous. Would you write that "Harry Potter is my kid's favourite author, but Lara's tastes are quite different to those of her brother"? Of course not. This is absurd. [/quote]
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